This year at At Peace With Money, we covered a lot of great topics on the blog, so I thought it might be a great time to do a “best of” post to wrap up the year. Collected below are our top 10 blog articles from the past year. The topics run the gamut from money affirmations to taxes, but all of these articles provide solid enough insights that they became crowd pleasers! My goal is always to provide helpful and compassionate financial education resources, and I think these ten posts do a great job of just that.

1. Book Review: 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal – In which I highly recommend Elizabeth White’s wonderful book, which manages to combine healthy doses of compassion and practical advice, a potent and helpful mix. 
2. How to Use Affirmations to Transform Your Relationship With Money – This post goes into depth on my thoughts on how money affirmations can assist us in rewiring our money mindsets and digging through the emotional baggage we carry around our finances. 
3. Why You Should Always Base Your Financial Goals on Your Values – A post that goes into the ideas central to my financial coaching practice, this article discusses the link between values and life satisfaction, and the importance of avoiding lifestyle creep. 
4. Why Self-Compassion is Important During Tax Time – I believe financial self-compassion is always important, but especially at tax time, it can help us keep a cool head and clarify solutions! 
5. Why You Need a Year End Bookkeeping Review – A couple practical reasons to get your books reviewed – a great read if you’re new to DIY bookkeeping. 
6. Why Financial Education is One of the Best Investments – Three strong reasons to invest time and resources into financial education, this is another good read for people just diving into financial learning. 
7. How to Prep for the Holidays as a Service-Based Business – Service-based businesses can get overlooked during the holidays, but that doesn’t have to be the case! 
8. Boost Your Happiness By Clarifying Your Lifestyle Costs – Your business exists to support you; to fulfill your needs. If you don’t have a clear picture of what those needs are, it can be difficult for your business to fill them.
9. Boost Your Social Impact With the Power of Belief – This post on reclaiming your power in your community as a small business owner is all about believing in your vision for a better world! 
10. How to Tailor Your Income Goals to Your Life – If you’re on board with investigating your values and making sure your money reflects them, but you need a method for how to get there, start here! 

I hope you enjoy this list of top 10 blog posts! While you’re at it, this might be a great opportunity to reflect on your own financial year. What were your big financial lessons of 2021?

Angela